Made sure everything was lined up, and marked the spots where I was going to drill the holes.
Drilled the outside two holes all the way through from the top of the body, and the four middle holes about half way.
Used the dremel drill press on top of the body and drilled through the bottom plate of it.
Flipped the body over, marked the four middle holes in a straight line between the two outer holes drilled through, and this time gave them a bit of a dent with a nail/punch to start them in the correct position (something I didn't do on the top) and ended up not only almost perfect, but also met the holes in the top perfectly.
Next was to enlarge the holes in the back to fit the string ferrules, for this I used my hand drill in a drill guide. Did the job remarkably well.
Top of the body is not quite straight, but will be covered by the bridge plate. Back of the body is as near perfect as I'm going to get without a drill press. (Would love a drill press and a band saw for Christmas this year, but just don't have the space)
Then shaping the headstock.
Reasonably straight forward. Trace on my design, jigsaw and neaten on the spindle sander. I'm quite happy with my new design, went fairly traditional with my strat kit.
Unfortunately haven't taken any pictures showing the string through holes yet. But here's some with the hardware test fitted.
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